a ceremony between two people of the same sex is not a wedding at all, though you imply that it is
I implied no such thing...
You don’t know as much as you think you do about the nature of these folks.
how do you know what I know or don’t know...?
Some of them can be true tyrants, and yes, very often, they make their entire lives into political statements.
sigh...again, how many people get married (legitimate or not, I won’t argue that point) in order to terrorize their families with political diatribe...the issue turns on one’s willingness to lose a loved one based on maintaining a clear conscience, and that’s a question one must ask before pontificating on this topic...
You did, really, in post #88, where you said no one attains martyr status by not attending a wedding---as though that's what it is.
"how do you know what I know or don’t know...?"
I can only go by what you post, of course, and you say you don't believe homosexuals get married to make political statements.
"sigh...again, how many people get married (legitimate or not, I won’t argue that point)"
There's no point, since we know the answer.
" in order to terrorize their families with political diatribe...the issue turns on one’s willingness to lose a loved one based on maintaining a clear conscience, and that’s a question one must ask before pontificating on this topic..."
I addressed those points in my post to you.
It’s a political statement because homosexuals know that Christians don’t believe that any such thing as “marriage” can exist between two same-sex people, in the sight of God or man, no matter what the law winds up being. Just as we believe that abortion is murder, no matter what Roe v Wade says.